People cannot enjoy life if they feel their safety and security are at risk. Violent crime rates are one measure of safety. Property crimes, safety when driving, and general feelings of safety are other ways to measure safety.

• Motor Vehicle Theft Rate
• Property Crime Rate
• Operating Cost ($) for Police Services per Capita
• Percent Generally Satisfied with Personal Safety
• Criminal Code Traffic Crime Rate
• Emergency Medical Services Response Time
• Police per 100,000 population
• Crime Severity Index

Vital Signs® Canada Original Data Sources

10-1 Motor Vehicle Theft Rate Per 100,000 Population, 1991-2006

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, CANSIM Table 252-0013

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10-2 Property Crime Rate per 100,000 Population 1991-2006

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 252-0013

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10-3 Operating Cost ($) for Police Services per Capita: 2005, 2006

Source: MPMP Reports 2005, 2006

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10-4 Percent Generally Satisfied with Personal Safety, 2004

Source: http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85-566-XIE/85-566-XIE2005001.pdf
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85-565-XIE/85-565-XIE2005001.pdf

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10-5 Criminal Code Traffic Crime Rate 

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 252-0013

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10-6 Emergency Medical Services Response Time

Source:  OMBI Report 2007

*90% of calls at this time or better

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10-7 Police per 100,000 population

Source for 2008 data: Statistics Canada.  Police Resources in Canada 2008, pages 16 , 17 and  29.

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10-8 Crime Severity Index 

Source: "Measuring Crime in Canada: Introducing the Crime Severity Index and Improvements to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey" Tables 6 and 7.

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